Marcus Hudson uses EBC’s Green kart pads as he competes in this British Championship class
Young kart racer, Marcus Hudson is once again competing in the Super 4 British Championship for another season.
EBC’s Green kart pads and BF005.1 silicone fluid is the brake setup of choice for Hudson and his fiery ABKC 250cc National kart.
With a rollercoaster of a season so far, battling treacherous weather conditions and other pitfalls with some fantastic driving, Hudson was faced with more adversity as the series headed to Wigan’s Three Sisters Circuit recently.
Find out how he braved the storm in his own words below…
Heat 1 (Grid: 6th)
“Off the start, I got pushed off into the grass on the outside as I tried to gain two places. I got a much better start than the row in front, but as a result of being pushed onto the grass, I lost five places. Early on in the race, #59 went out and in the middle of the race a further two karts retired, which meant we came home in 7th position. I was unpleasantly surprised in the race as the kart had no grip, but on Saturday the kart was handling well and that was on older tyres. In the race, we had the new set of slicks on which would normally meant more grip. We altered the kart to give us more grip for Heat 2.”
Heat 2 (Grid: 13th)
“We moved up to 9th by the second lap and the kart initially felt way better than Heat 1, unfortunately on Lap 4, the rear engine mount broke and I had to retire the kart.”
Heat 3 (Grid: 5th)
“From the start we, had nowhere to go and lost some places meaning we were down to 10th position after Lap 1. On Lap 2, #56 span in the Valley, and we just managed to miss him and not lose any places. Later in the race we got a run on #34 down the Conrod Straight and over the hill, we darted out of the slipstream and went up the inside as we approached Coward’s Summit down the hill. A few laps later, #4 slowed down in Lunar Corner with an issue, which moved us up another position. We ended up finishing in 6th.”
Final (Grid: 7th)
“We lined up 7th for the final. Finally, after a good start, we had some luck and managed to move up to 5th in the first lap. Half-way through the race, I started to move under braking and cornering. The front seat stay broke, so the seat was not secure and moving around. This caused me to lose pace as I was moving around so much than when applying the brake or throttle my feet were all over the place! Fortunately, we only lost two places, finally finishing in 7th position.”
“It was a bit of an up and down weekend, with good pace on Saturday but then struggles with the new tyres on the Sunday.
“We are currently sitting 5th in the championship with two rounds to go. Next stop is Rowrah in Cumbria.
Thanks to all my sponsors, including EBC Brakes.”
